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6.2

♡ 2

70%

Robert Milazzo Director

Brian Dennehy as

Misti Traya as Abby

Mare Winningham as Belle

James McDaniel as Jack

Based on a True Story War Eagle, Arkansas is a character-driven drama about a young man’s choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after Enoch Cass’s senior year, and is set against the backdrop of Arkansas’ beautiful Ozark Mountains. War Eagle, Arkansas poses important questions that face all young people in rural America. The answers we find could touch us all.

Soul Man

1986

5.3

♡ 15

17%

los angeles, california

Romance

secret identity

Steve Miner Director

Arye Gross as Gordon Bloomfeld

M.C. Gainey as Man in Cell

C. Thomas Howell as Mark Watson

Leslie Nielsen as Mr. Dunbar

A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

The Unvanquished

1956

Bangla

8.2

♡ 41

96%

92%

based on novel or book

Satyajit Ray Director

Panchanan Bhattacharya as

Pinaki Sengupta as Apu

Kanu Bannerjee as Harihar Ray

Karuna Bannerjee as Sarbojaya Ray

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.

Taken Too Far

2017

4.6

♡ 1

Paul Lynch Director

Beverley Mitchell as Beth Hoyson

Christina Cox as Jeanette Grayson

Roger Dunn as Mr. Salvatore

Milton Barnes as Officer Cook

A jealous dance mom takes extreme measures to ensure her daughter wins a scholarship to an exclusive dance academy. But the victim's mother will do whatever necessary to protect her own daughter from the rival mom's evil scheme.

Finding Forrester

2000

7.3

♡ 38

74%

79%

based on novel or book

Gus Van Sant Director

Matt Malloy as David Bradley

Michael Pitt as John Coleridge

Matt Damon as Steven Sanderson

Sean Connery as William Forrester

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

The Conductor

1980

Polish

6.9

♡ 6

professional jealousy

returning to roots

travel

Andrzej Wajda Director

Andrzej Seweryn as Adam Pietrzyk

Józef Fryzlewicz as Governor

John Gielgud as John Lasocki

Mary Ann Krasinski as Marta's Friend

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.

Honor Society

2022

6.5

♡ 43

86%

Oran Zegman Director

Angourie Rice as Honor

Kerry Butler as Janet Rose

Gaten Matarazzo as Michael

Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Mr. Calvin

Honor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian-like plan to take down her top three student competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael.

Everybody Wants Some!!

2016

6.9

♡ 90

87%

Richard Linklater Director

Will Brittain as Beuter

Zoey Deutch as Beverly

Glen Powell as Finnegan

Wyatt Russell as Willoughby

A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999

parent child relationship

5.3

♡ 8

19%

pornography

Thriller

Kevin Williamson Director

Marisa Coughlan as Jo Lynn Jordan

Katie Holmes as Leigh Ann Watson

Molly Ringwald as Miss Banks

Helen Mirren as Mrs. Tingle

A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

The History Boys

2006

6.8

♡ 8

66%

Nicholas Hytner Director

Dominic Cooper as Dakin

Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin

Frances de la Tour as Mrs. Lintott

Clive Merrison as The Headmaster

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Intermezzo

1939

6.6

♡ 5

100%

Gregory Ratoff Director

Ingrid Bergman as Anita Hoffman

Ann E. Todd as Ann Marie Brandt - Their Daughter

Enid Bennett as Greta Stenborg - His Wife

Leslie Howard as Holger Brandt

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.

Superdad

1973

parent child relationship

5.1

♡ 2

35%

college student

Comedy

Family

Vincent McEveety Director

Kurt Russell as Bart

Nicholas Hammond as Roger Rhinehurst

Allison McKay as Secretary

Barbara Rush as Sue McCready

A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.

Billy Elliot

2000

7.7

♡ 41

85%

Stephen Daldry Director

Jamie Bell as Billy

Joe Renton as Gary Poulson

Julie Walters as Mrs. Wilkinson

Jamie Draven as Tony

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

D3: The Mighty Ducks

1996

5.5

♡ 33

20%

Robert Lieberman Director

Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway

Samantha Harris as Cindy

Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau

David Selby as Dean Buckley

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

Scent of a Woman

1992

8.0

♡ 205

82%

92%

blindness and impaired vision

Martin Brest Director

Al Pacino as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade

Dan Gifford as Man in Hotel Lobby

Ron Eldard as Officer Gore

Richard Venture as W.R. Slade

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

Starter for 10

2006

6.7

♡ 63

90%

Tom Vaughan Director

Alice Eve as Alice Harbinson

James McAvoy as Brian Jackson

Charles Dance as Michael Harbinson

Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Watts

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

Step Up 2: The Streets

2008

6.2

♡ 90

Jon M. Chu Director

Will Kemp as Blake Collins

Harry Shum Jr. as Cable

Robert Hoffman as Chase

Channing Tatum as Tyler

When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.

School Ties

1992

6.9

♡ 50

60%

Robert Mandel Director

Peter McRobbie as Chaplain

Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon

Ben Affleck as Chesty Smith

Jayce Bartok as Jack

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

Coach Carter

2005

7.3

♡ 93

63%

85%